Alexa. Tool. Del.icio.us. Del.icio.us/help/randombuttons. The Several Habits of Wildly Successful de. Del.icio.us network explorer. Del.icio.us Plans To Become A Social Netwo. I recently interviewed del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter, who is now with Yahoo after the popular social bookmarking service was acquired last December. Joshua was recently named as top innovator of the year by MIT Technology Review Magazine.
Tagging is one example of an innovation that del.icio.us pioneered (at least in its current form). Joshua told me that “del.icio.us was the first app to showcase tagging” and that now “practically everyone uses tags in the [del.icio.us] system in some form.” But Joshua has bigger plans for del.icio.us – it will essentially turn into a social network, with more focus on people instead of data. I learned this when I asked Joshua what kind of new functionality we can expect to see from delicious over the coming 6-12 months? “One of the amazing things about our users is how smart and far-reaching their interests are. (emphasis mine) “Delicious is about extending memory and saving things for yourselves and others.
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